I think you can generally wedge a beer bottle in the breasts of the later.
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I think you can generally wedge a beer bottle in the breasts of the later.
Some interesting Q&A about the Tour and such, such as peeing protocol:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011...l-crank-lengths-nature-breaks-and-more_186474
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011...l-crank-lengths-nature-breaks-and-more_186474
The long list of injuries Chris Horner sustained in the Tour gets a little longer:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hor...ce=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0
Have to imagine the chances of him making that Tour of Colorado are looking pretty slim at this point.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hor...ce=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0
Have to imagine the chances of him making that Tour of Colorado are looking pretty slim at this point.
HTC-Highroad gonzo:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011...rees-riders-and-staff-to-find-new-jobs_186922
and
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/htc...ce=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0
Good post about why it's big news that Amgen re-upped with the Tour of California. Good read:
http://redkiteprayer.com/?p=5905
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011...rees-riders-and-staff-to-find-new-jobs_186922
and
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/htc...ce=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0
Good post about why it's big news that Amgen re-upped with the Tour of California. Good read:
http://redkiteprayer.com/?p=5905
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Ladies and Gentlemen, your new free agents:
Michael Albasini
Lars Ytting Bak
Matthew Brammeier
Mark Cavendish
John Degenkolb
Bernhard Eisel
Caleb Fairly
Tejay van Garderen
Jan Ghyselinck
Matthew Goss
Bert Grabsch
Leigh Howard
Craig Lewis
Tony Martin
Danny Pate
Marco Pinotti
František Raboň
Alex Rasmussen
Mark Renshaw
Hayden Roulston
Kanstantsin Siwtsow
Gatis Smukulis
That's a LOT of talent. Wonder what's gonna happen to Pate? After a billion years at Slipstream, he finally leaves only to have the team fold. Yoinks! Looks like the international team model isn't doing it for the sponsors.
Michael Albasini
Lars Ytting Bak
Matthew Brammeier
Mark Cavendish
John Degenkolb
Bernhard Eisel
Caleb Fairly
Tejay van Garderen
Jan Ghyselinck
Matthew Goss
Bert Grabsch
Leigh Howard
Craig Lewis
Tony Martin
Danny Pate
Marco Pinotti
František Raboň
Alex Rasmussen
Mark Renshaw
Hayden Roulston
Kanstantsin Siwtsow
Gatis Smukulis
That's a LOT of talent. Wonder what's gonna happen to Pate? After a billion years at Slipstream, he finally leaves only to have the team fold. Yoinks! Looks like the international team model isn't doing it for the sponsors.
It is a lot of talent. Of course, the General Hospital-like drama will center around Cav until he announces:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011...eenedge-could-snag-sprintings-big-fish_186998
Here's a pertinent quote we all care about:
One source told VeloNews that Cavendish’s preferred lead-out men — Mark Renshaw and Bernhard Eisel — will join him at a new team for 2012.
I'm guessing GreenEDGE over Sky, simply because I don't know how 1 team can support a GC contender and Cav in the same lineup.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011...eenedge-could-snag-sprintings-big-fish_186998
Here's a pertinent quote we all care about:
One source told VeloNews that Cavendish’s preferred lead-out men — Mark Renshaw and Bernhard Eisel — will join him at a new team for 2012.
I'm guessing GreenEDGE over Sky, simply because I don't know how 1 team can support a GC contender and Cav in the same lineup.
I'm gonna go with you the GreenEdge thing, for the GC reason AND that Australians seem to love sprinters. They've got both Meyers (Cam and Travis) and Jack Bobridge. Lot's of track and TT experience there and a speedy first couple of cars for Cav's new train...
This excellent bit of conspiracy-theory conjecture is from The Inner Ring
This was a team that started without a sponsor. Instead it had a pile of cash and over the years this was topped up by extra revenues. Yes, the team did find sponsorship from the likes of HTC and Columbia but I wonder just how significant these deals were, they say Columbia in particular was particularly modest. Could it be that the team struggled from the beginning to land a sponsor and relied on the T-Mobile settlement to stay on the road?
This excellent bit of conspiracy-theory conjecture is from The Inner Ring
This was a team that started without a sponsor. Instead it had a pile of cash and over the years this was topped up by extra revenues. Yes, the team did find sponsorship from the likes of HTC and Columbia but I wonder just how significant these deals were, they say Columbia in particular was particularly modest. Could it be that the team struggled from the beginning to land a sponsor and relied on the T-Mobile settlement to stay on the road?
STB's favorite, Tyler Farrar, finds a new sprinter (or 2) to play second (or 3rd) fiddle to. No Cav, but it doesn't seem to matter:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011...neco-stage-as-phinney-retains-the-lead_187442
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011...neco-stage-as-phinney-retains-the-lead_187442
Damn, interesting move there. Gilbert Next?
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/hushovd-joins-new-bmc-super-team_187479
He could get "favorited" out, a la Cancellara this year. He wants it so badly, so publicly that it may be impossible.
This could be a replication of his Garmin experience: too many chiefs. Unless Ballan leaves BMC, they've got three guys that've done well there before and all seem to have scores to settle re
R. Still, with Taylor Phinney coming into his own at Eneco and Cadel's Tour, they're looking pretty fierce. If they added Gilbert they'd be terrifying. Or they'd unspool.
Well, "they" can only shut down so many people, so it may be a recipe for a good race.
Agreed. If Fabian's on form, he's the marked man again. And since Ballan's probably out of BMC (three teams in three years), Thor's not gonna have to worry about who's up the road. But if it turns into a staring contest, Flecha's gonna win it.
Whoa, looks like the band may be breaking up:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rep...ce=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0
Interesting if true.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rep...ce=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0
Interesting if true.
Another, this one with more smoke (fire soon to come?):
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/mark-renshaw-in-talks-with-rabobank_187630
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/mark-renshaw-in-talks-with-rabobank_187630
YOKO! Er, RABO!
STB's fly-boy gets closer, but still pwned by Greipel:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011...ain-at-eneco-phinney-still-in-the-lead_187651
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011...ain-at-eneco-phinney-still-in-the-lead_187651
It's official, Renshaw goes to Rabobank:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rab...ce=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rab...ce=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0